This book, the fruit of collective reflections, has a bold commitment: to understand the faces of education on the threshold of the 21st century. We believe that education provides an insight into social processes and frees us from the ignorance and alienation of the prevailing social and economic system. We were therefore interested in writing a manuscript that would reveal the faces of public schools and discuss their weaknesses and potential. We have tried to demonstrate aspects of various sectors of basic education linked both to public schools in general, aimed exclusively at elementary, middle and high school education, and the particularities of vocational and technical education. Happy reading!